Andy Capp by Reg Smythe for August 28, 2021

better safe than sorry?

Prophylactic Policing…not even for Andy?

Looks like part of the E in “JUST IN CASE” got erased.

Maybe the officer is part of the Minority Report group.

:-)

@Linguist Today’s strip IS funny but arresting our HERO Mr Andrew Capp just because of his notoriety makes sense but can’t be done :o) my avatar is again my birth sign Leo roaring his head off because s happy like I am aside from the discomfort , come avete passatoil vostro Sabato mio meno veccho Amicho? our Saturday should be vey busy because my spouse has decided to defrost our freezer and it going to belike an archeological dig , we could find things there from 1990 well in the meantime I try to stay out of the way,( temo bellum et donne ferrentes) keep safe and a bientot amigo

Not for what he did, but for what he’s gonna do.

Pre-crime ain’t a thing on a hunch. Camp out the pub and bust in when the first punch is thrown.

Look me Love, it’s only victims that can’t say I need protection just in case. And the flippin’ perpetrator that can say “I have my rights”.

I’ve been watching the YouTube… First and Fourth Amendment… Audit the Auditors videos of American police using similar tactics… Frightening to imagine that that thinking is infiltrating over here…

This comic is a repeat. Is this what they’re doing now?

Somebody needs to be arrested….

https://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/cartoons/andy-capp/andy-capp-28th-august-2021-24829051

Pre-emptive holding.

Police presumptuousness!

That is a good way to get sued.

From yet to be free to post Affie @ Linguist:" Today’s strip IS funny but arresting our HERO Mr Andrew Capp just because of his notoriety makes sense but can’t be done :o) my avatar is again my birth sign Leo roaring his head off because s happy like I am aside from the discomfort , come avete passatoil vostro Sabato mio meno veccho Amicho? our Saturday should be vey busy because my spouse has decided to defrost our freezer and it going to belike an archeological dig , we could find things there from 1990 well in the meantime I try to stay out of the way,( temo bellum et donne ferrentes) keep safe and a bientot amigo"

and this: “Correction emo Daneos”

This reminds me of what Andy once told a cop who was arresting him for Assault & Battery: “I thought he was going to hit me, so I hit him back first.”

Andy looks disappointed, I expected more of smirk since it looks like he’s getting off……….for now.

Actually, it feels like a sound idea.

Better safe than sorry?

This is the U.K., not Cuba. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_dangerousness

Wise, maybe. But legal — not.

Just be patient. You’ll bring him back in three hours

He considered that probable cause, based on his history.

Pre-Crime, a la Minority Report.

Today’s Andy reminds me of my grandfather who was not opposed to the preventative measure, like a cuff across the ear. He’d say, " That’s fer nothin’, jest wait’ll ye do something! "

Maybe Officer Thwaites was educated in a strict Roman Catholic School. George Carlin’s monologue on confession exemplifies that thought Process. "’Cause that’s what they taught us; it’s what’s in your mind that counts; your intentions, that’s how we’ll judge you. What you want to do. Mortal sin had to be a grievous offense, sufficient reflection and full consent of the will. Ya had’ta WANNA! In fact, WANNA was a sin all by itself. “Thou Shalt Not WANNA”. If you woke up in the morning and said, “I’m going down to 42nd street and commit a mortal sin!” Save your car fare; you did it, man! Absolutely!" (Of course, this is the abbreviated version so as to not offend any delicate sensibilities. The full monologue is about 4 minutes.)

A preemptive strike against Andy?

So much for “Better safe than sorry”. Eh, Officer?

Google translate can’t make sense out “emo Daneos” and “Correction emo Daneos”. It looks like someone is trying to appear urbane by using some Latinate language he or she doesn’t really speak / understand. We’re not impressed.